To stand on the highest mountain, to walk on a seashore at dusk, or to cross a desert, and arrive at a house built around a water body. At such…
“I believe that the language of architecture is not a question of a specific style. Every building is built for specific use in a specific place and a specific society.…
Atmospheres by Peter Zumthor, a book is a rather eloquent discourse by Peter Zumthor was published in 2006 after his lecture in the Wege Durch das land, a festival of…
Published in 1998, Thinking architecture is a thin, 65 pages book, which gives an epigrammatic view into the mind of Pritzker prize laureate, Peter Zumthor. It is an abstract of…
“What surrounds us is what is within us,” as written by T.F. Hodge, is a statement that holds under most circumstances. Architecture involves a symphony of spaces and the philosophy…
At the beginning of this article, I would like to address my appreciation for the contribution Peter Zumthor has brought upon the world of architecture. I am a fan, alright.…
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the highest honor in the field of Architecture, it offers notability and prestige to the Pritzker prize winners and their work which render the qualities…
8 The spa complex converges the steam coming from the mountains with the ones rising from the Graubunden Canton’s springs to become bathing, a ritual of purification. The architectural experience…
Cologne, a city in Germany, having a horrific past, the Nazis took over the city, emigrating the Jews with an airstrike that bombarded the city turning the entire city into…
“In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.” -Peter Zumthor Peter Zumthor, winner of…
